ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM ANXIETY AMONG UNDER GRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS: A MIXED METHOD STUDY

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the problems of students related to English language and its effects like anxiety, their relations and coping strategies of the students for managing the stress and anxiety related to English Language classroom.

Method: This study was done by using the mixed method study design with the sample size of 169 in quantitative and for qualitative it was 10 after following the saturation criteria between Sep-Oct,2024. In quantitative approach modified version of English Language Classroom Anxiety (ELCA) questionnaire was used in under graduate nursing student and for qualitative approach online semi-structured interviews were conducted to get the in-sight of the students’ perspectives. Permission from the Institutional review board was taken prior to study and also informed consent was taken from all the participants.

Results: In quantitative analysis, for descriptive statistics frequencies, percentages, Means and S.D were calculated and for the inferential statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient was used to analyze the anxiety and English Language class and for qualitative analysis, thematic analysis was done by using the Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis method. The findings from this analysis suggested positive relationship between English language class and anxiety and 77% nursing undergraduate students reported anxiety. Major causes, Grammar rules, Vocabulary, Fear of humiliation and Negative evaluation were identified in verbatim and coping strategies e.g. Using the online material, Breaking down and multiple practicing of the task were identified in thematic analysis.

Conclusion: These findings concluded that different language integrating modalities like workshops and extra teaching and guidance sessions should be used in order to minimize the anxiety in students to promote the coping and positive outcomes in their learning as they have to deal with a diverse population in their clinical practice.